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## Kant Darsti: "Mind is the field of virtues and vices," the powerful Dharma Shakti
(537) The scriptures say, "Is this not a losing activity, a work of desire? And is it not bound? Therefore, O Knower! Become the form of knowledge, otherwise, you will surely be bound by the sins of your father. Similarly, those who are engrossed in the actions of the world, clinging to the path of karma, who do not know knowledge, are immersed, drowned in the ocean of the world. Even those who desire the path of knowledge, but are sluggish in their efforts, are also immersed, drowned in the ocean of the world. He swims above the world, who constantly becomes the form of knowledge, who never performs karma, and never succumbs to delusion."
Furthermore, it is said here that even though the Knower may experience some part of the world, he remains detached and unattached. This is said to indicate his extraordinary power of detachment. It is not said to imply that the Knower is always detached, but rather that even a Knower, who may be subject to the effects of past karma, remains detached. This is said to show his extraordinary, unwavering strength of detachment.
Because the Knower, the man of right vision, knows the object as an object, he does not identify with it. He believes with firm self-realization that he is not the father of it. And he does not even have the slightest attachment to it, even in his dreams. Just as a dry ball does not stick to a wall, so too, the truly detached Knower does not become bound by objects, he remains completely unattached. Even if he has to experience the world due to past karma, he does not get caught in it due to his complete detachment. He maintains this extraordinary awareness. This is truly the power of his knowledge, or the power of his detachment. Similarly,
Objects are not of the nature of virtues or vices, nor are they the mind's virtues or vices. Therefore, "There is no rule for objects in the production of bondage; the ignorant become bound by vices, the Knower never does. That which, when served, becomes impure, may also purify it, so says the scripture." (See Adhyatma Saar) But it is the desire and aversion that arises from the object that is the cause of bondage. Therefore, the mind is the field of virtues and vices, the place of their origin.
"Mind is the cause of bondage and liberation for humans," and the detached Knower behaves with such supreme detachment that he does not have even the slightest desire or aversion for objects. He is completely free from them.
+ "Knowledge is not for those who are attached to the world,
Even those who desire the path of knowledge, but are sluggish in their efforts, are immersed.
He swims above the world, who constantly becomes the form of knowledge, who never performs karma, and never succumbs to delusion." - Shri Samaya Saar Kalash